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Former Eustis RHP Brady Singer will play for Florida instead of signing with the Toronto Blue Jays, who selected him in the second round of the amateur baseball draft in June. Friday was the deadline for players to sign with the organizations that selected them. Singer (6-5, 180) was the 56th overall choice in the draft, and the slot value for that pick was nearly $1.1 million. He was one of four area high-school players taken in the first two rounds. Former Lake Mary shortstop Brendan Rodgers was taken No. 3 overall by the Colorado Rockies, and former Hagerty shortstop Ryan Mountcastle went to the Baltimore Orioles with the 36th overall choice. Former Olympia right-hander Juan...

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Former Eustis RHP Brady Singer will play for Florida instead of signing with the Toronto Blue Jays, who selected him in the second round of the amateur baseball draft in June.
Friday was the deadline for players to sign with the organizations that...

Former Olympia left-hander Juan Hillman, the 59th overall pick in the amateur baseball draft last week, has signed with the Cleveland Indians.
Hillman received an $825,000 signing bonus, about $200,000 less than the slot value assigned that...

Former Hagerty SS Ryan Mountcastle, the 36th overall pick in the amateur baseball draft by the Baltimore Orioles last week, has signed a contract that included a $1.3 million signing bonus, mlb.com reported.
Mountcastle had signed to play college...

FSU had seven players selected in the 2015 MLB Draft.
Junior outfielder D.J. Stewart, to no surprise, was the first Seminole to go after the Baltimore Oriels took him 25th overall in the first round on Monday.
The Seminoles saw several other key...

Lake Mary shortstop Brendan Rodgers’ climb to a potential major-league career will begin in the Colorado Rockies’ organization.
That was determined Monday night as the three-day amateur baseball draft began at the MLB Network studios in Secaucus, N.J....

When Brendan Rodgers enters the MLB Network studios Monday night for the amateur baseball draft, he will be dressed appropriately for such a big occasion.
He will be lacking the most important fashion accessory, though: a baseball cap identifying the...

The pipeline of baseball prospects from the Sentinel’s coverage area into major-league organizations is going strong.
Four of the top 100 minor-league prospects ranked by mlb.com are from Central Florida, led by SS Francisco Lindor (Montverde Academy) of...

Moments after the Minnesota Twins selected Olympia shortstop Nick Gordon with the fifth overall pick in the first round of the baseball draft Thursday night, he sounded as if he had raced from first base to home plate.
The life-altering moment took...

Amway Center was named Sports Facility of the Year at the Sports Business Awards in Manhattan on Wednesday night.Amway Center, which is the home of the Orlando Magic and the Orlando Predators, opened in Oct. 2010.“We are extremely honored and humbled that...

Outfielder J.B. Shuck on Saturday was put on the 15-day disabled list by the Chicago White Sox because of a strained left hamstring.
Shuck was hitting .278 with 11 runs batted in. He was injured Friday when he scored on a wild pitch in the seventh inning...

ST. LOUIS The Colorado Rockies' offense was too much for Lance Lynn and the St. Louis Cardinals to handle Saturday night, as the Cardinals fell 6-2. Lynn, who pitched five-plus innings and gave up four earned runs, allowed two home runs. Nolan Arenado...

ST. LOUIS Without really having been absent, Michael Wacha returned Friday night. This was the one who had been 7-0 with a 1.87 earned run average after his first nine starts for the Cardinals this season. In his next 10 starts, the other one had been...

ST. LOUIS A lively sixth-inning offensive rally propelled the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-0 victory for their second consecutive home win against the Colorado Rockies. The Cardinals posted five runs in the sixth off five hits. With two men in scoring...

Hartford Yard GoatsTo Be On 1410 AMThe Hartford Yard Goats, the Double-A Eastern League affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, announced Friday that all 142 games (home and away) will be broadcast live on News Talk 1410 AM (WPOP) and available for fans...

ST. LOUIS With two home runs and four hits, Cardinals third baseman Matt Carpenter ignited the St. Louis offense in a 9-8 victory against the Colorado Rockies on Thursday night at Busch Stadium. Carpenter, who was hitting in the leadoff spot,...

ST. LOUIS A few hours after their left fielder Matt Holliday sustained his second leg injury of the season, the Cardinals moved swiftly to complete a deal with the Cleveland Indians that brings them left-handed-hitting outfielder and first baseman...

David Price will not be coming to the Dodgers.
Not now, anyway.
The Detroit Tigers agreed Thursday to trade Price to the Toronto Blue Jays, as first reported by CBS Sports. The Tigers would get a package headlined by pitcher Daniel Norris, ranked as the...

Troy Tulowitzki said he felt "blindsided" to learn he had been traded to Toronto after 10 seasons with the Colorado Rockies. "I'm still shocked," Tulowitzki said Wednesday, a day after he was dealt to the Blue Jays. "When I walk...

ST. LOUIS Starting pitcher John Lackey did his part, holding Cincinnati to one run and two hits over eight innings. But that was enough for the Reds to beat the Cardinals 1-0 on Wednesday night in front of 42,334 at Busch Stadium. After...

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